SHEIKHUPURA, Nov 26: More than 10 labourers were injured when armed men attacked them during a protest against denial of salaries on Tuesday.

A group of labourers gathered in front of a textile mills near Joiyanwala Mor to protest denial of salaries by the factory management. Unidentified people, holding iron rods, attacked the protesters, injuring 10 of them including Irfan, Arsalan, Zaheer Abbas and Muneer. The Housing Colony police are looking into the matter. — Correspondent

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